UPDATE: An update from Nintendo has now clarified the nature of this week's two 'Close to You' short films — and, sadly, it doesn't sound like Pikmin 5 is yet on the way. Read IGN's full coverage here ...

In what seems to be a mysterious new rollout for an unspecified project, earlier this week Nintendo released a Pixar-style animated short film on its official YouTube channel titled “Close to You” ...

Nintendo has released a second version of the animated short that confused many fans and is now likely to have made some of those who guessed what was going on feeling very pleased with themselves.

The four-minute animated video “Close to You” released by Nintendo yesterday has been updated to feature Pikmin where items previously seemed to be moving on their own. Nintendo again did not share ...